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Katiya

Gender
Girl
Say it
KAH-tee-uh
Origin
Greek

Katiya is a girls' name of Greek origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.

Where does Katiya come from?

Greek: probably a variant of Katya, a Russian pet form of Catherine

Is Katiya a girl's or a boy's name?

Katiya is a girls' name.

How popular is Katiya in the US?

No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2001, with 12 girls. It first appears in the records in 1981.

Half of all the girls named Katiya in the US since 1880 were born between 2000 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.

1981Busiest: 12 in 20012022
Katiya in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
20227#12,237
20217#12,201
20206#13,448
20195#15,532
20186#13,788
20175#15,898
20166#14,326
20150–
20147#13,063
20130–
20120–
20110–
20105#16,985
20097#13,698
20088#12,574
200712#9,535
20060–
20058#11,828
20048#11,617
20036#13,837
20020–
200112#8,189
20009#9,867
19999#9,472
19985#14,116
19970–
19960–
19955#13,380
19940–
19930–
19920–
19910–
19907#10,187
19890–
19880–
19870–
19860–
19850–
19840–
19830–
19820–
19817#8,126

Names like Katiya

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

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Sources

Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.

To cite this page: Nameling, “Katiya: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/katiya, updated 20 October 2026.